question. white debunking this myth matters. along the way, we will have some time for q&a. here are a few names that we will encounter during our class today. carl bernstein and bob woodward, these were reporters for the washington post, the lead reporters on the watergate scandal. and they teamed up in 1972 and worked together through the scandal in 1974. together, they wrote two books about the watergate scandal. catherine graham is another name you will encounter. she was the post publisher during the watergate years. the post was a family run newspaper and she was publisher from 1969 to 1979. she backed the watergate investigation. sometimes, in the face of government question. catherine graham died in 2001. ben bradley is another name you will encounter today. he was the post-executive manager at the time. that is the top news room official of a newspaper. and bradley broadly oversaw the watergate coverage of his newspaper. he was executive editor from 1968 to 1991, a p
that may have been how history would have recorded it but for the reporting of two men who are about to take the stage. a former publisher of the washington post, phil graham, once said that journalism is the first rough draft of history. bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of this story and then a second. under the guidance of legendary editor ben bradley, whose wife sally is here with us today, and the support of the publisher catherine graham, whose son don is here with us today, they exposed a tale of cover-up, corruption at the highest levels of government. the totality of their work changed journalism and politics, earned recognition from around the world, and left the washington post be honored with the pulitzer prize for public service. the significance of their work extends well beyond hollywood tributes and priced committee accolades. through their relentless, painstaking efforts to bring the truth about the nixon administration to light, bob and
third rate burglary. that may have been how history would have recorded it but for the reporting of two men who are about to take the stage. a former publisher of the washington post, phil graham, once said that journalism is the first rough draft of history. bob woodward and carl bernstein wrote their first draft of this story and then a second. under the guidance of legendary editor ben bradley, whose wife sally is here with us today, and the support of the publisher catherine graham, whose son don is here with us today, they exposed a tale of cover-up, corruption at the highest levels of government. the totality of their work changed journalism and politics, earned recognition from around the world, and left the washington post be honored with the pulitzer prize for public service. the significance of their work extends well beyond hollywood tributes and priced committee accolades. through their relentless, painstaking efforts to bring the truth about the nixon administrat
welcome to the stage our panelists. miss nancy keegan smith, mr. carl cannon, mr. douglas, brinkley and our moderator miss anita mcbride well, this is terrific five. hey, hello. so wonderful to be together to see the sea of bread to think of mrs. reagan to think of president reagan who think of the joy and pleasure and privilege that we ve had to work in the region administration and thank you to the institute. thank you to the ronald reagan foundation. thank you roger for hosting us for this opportunity to reflect our panel. there s a series of panels coming today and and jim thank you for seeing it up. actually, i think you did also panels. and so what we re going to try and fill in some anecdotes here to capitalize on public gym said about just how smart mrs. reagan was her ambitions or four her husband and her husband s legacy and the role that she may be played in the country. and for the world so our focus will be on the legacy. we have a wonderful panel convert them in
sometimes life is very strange. i was having breakfast this morning in the restaurant of the hamilton hotel thinking about this event and the anniversary which is today. and i looked up and said to my breakfast partner, that looks like carl bernstein and she said it is. and i said who s that guy next to him? it was bob woodward. so that is the way the day started out. i thought that was auspicious. i will get to questions. this is actually a very interesting great panel that we have. i will just mention that we do have an opportunity for audience questions. and that will happen at about a quarter to six. so that we wrap up by 6:00. and i would urge you there will be a microphone. if you raise your hand somebody will get you the mic and you can fire away. some of my colleagues from the washington post are here. so, i know that we will have some heavy-duty journalism happening. so, william golson of the working institution told my colleague dan both recently that we ve been l